Wintry and Holiday Drinks in Honolulu

By Martha Cheng

Published: 2013.12.12 11:45 AM

It's the holidays and you look like you need a drink. To get you in the mood (or out of one), here are a few seasonal, holiday-inspired drinks around town:

The Modern hosts a free hot-chocolate bar at The Study, where you can top your mug with fresh-whipped vanilla cream, peppermint sticks, house-made lilikoi marshmallows, caramel, chocolate shavings and more. Spike it with whipped-cream-flavored vodka for $5. The day after Christmas, head to the Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar by the Sunrise Pool, which will offer fresh-squeezed juices, bacon, celery, hot sauces and more to stir into your drink.Hot chocolate bar offered December 10, 13, 17, 20 from 5 to 7 p.m.; Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar December 26, 9 a.m. to noon.themodernhonolulu.com

The Pig and the Lady opens for dinner starting tonight, which means now you can get seasonally-inspired pau-hana drinks such The Acid Trip, with pomegranate shrub (a vinegary fruit syrup), blanc vermouth, gin and bitters.thepigandthelady.com

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Be the star bartender at your holiday party after a cocktail workshop at Bevy. Christian Self will teach you to mix some basics such as a holiday mulled wine to a hot buttered toddy, as well as some more advanced drinks like Santa's Lil' Helper, a brandy milk punch. If you miss out on the lesson (there are only a few spots left), or just want someone else to handle the drinks, stop by Bevy for a different holiday cocktail special every day.Holiday cocktail workshop December 15, $30, email info@bevybar.com to reserve. Holiday cocktails served December 17 through 24.bevybar.com

Photo courtesy of Bevy

Holiday cocktails at Tropics Bar and Grill at the Hilton Hawaiian Village include Deck the Halls, a liquid version of a ginger snap cookie, with rum and ginger spice syrup, and White Christmas, an eggnog spiked with bourbon and white creme de cacao. Warm up with a Hawaiian Hot Buttered Rum sweetened with caramelized pineapple or Here We Come A-Wassailing, a warm apple cider spiced with cinnamon, clove, orange and brandy.hiltonhawaiianvillage.com/dining/tropics-bar-and-grill

Photo courtesy of Hilton Hawaiian Village

Egg nog for people who don't like egg nog. Mike Hall at 12th Ave Grill shakes up a Figgy Flip with figs soaked in house-spiced rum, vanilla, cream, sugar and egg white for a frothy concoction.

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Food & Dining editor Catherine Toth Fox worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for more than 10 years and has freelanced—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications since 1997. She earned her master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1999, with a focus on magazine writing and publishing. And she received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, graduating with distinction in 1996.